DESPITE more than 30 years in Yorkshire, Richard Fahey is still more “Divil a bit” than “nowt” in accent and turn of phrase. In deed, however, he is neither. No other British-based trainer has turned out more winners in a flat season, while this decade has illustrated his ability to handle Group 1 horses too.

He will be at Royal Ascot on Tuesday to oversee stable star Ribchester’s appearance in the Queen Anne Stakes but will also have charges at Thirsk and Beverley too, attempting to add further to his spiralling winners column.